Ruby MacDougall

PhD in Asian Languages in Cultures @Umich; senior analyst @IthakaSR ; modern Chinese studies, dance, art history, open source, + patterns

[Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech]

China-EU cross-border data flow exchange mechanism officially established and first meeting held via video.
Presided over by Wang Jingtao, CAC, deputy director, and Sabine Weyand, EU’s Director-General for Trade. Also included MOFA, MOFCOM, MIIT, NDA.
https://t.co/hTeuq6e8kU

[Ithaka S+R @IthakaSR]

Just a few weeks left until our leadership program for #librarians, in collaboration with @chronicle!

Sign up to join a professional development program designed to empower participants to develop their leadership skills and drive institutional success: https://t.co/qNRUT8jCfS

[Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech]

Chinese AI firm iFlyTek says its LLMs are trained completely on Huawei platform
At the unveiling of its latest Xinghuo 4 model, iFlyTek chairman Liu Qingfeng said the company is determined to train LLMs on ‘self-developed, controllable’ infrastructure
https://t.co/Nj8XbkVvS0

[Kevin S. Xu @kevinsxu]

Qwen 72B beats Llama 70B

Yi beats Cohere

LLMs from China are making big strides

[Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech]

OpenAI has warned developers in China it will begin blocking their access to its tools and software from July
Chinese firms like Zhipu announced incentives for switching
https://t.co/YOk0OlXuZP

[Jose Afonso Furtado @jafurtado]

Drawing New Directions for Research Data Services, by Chelsea McCracken, Ruby MacDougall (@ruby_macdougall) / @IthakaSR https://t.co/q98NGxEQyS

[clem 🤗 @ClementDelangue]

Let’s focus next summits on realistic current risks like concentration of power, biases,… (versus existential risks), be more inclusive of all AI actors, especially open-source, smaller companies and academia, and practical!

https://t.co/Lx3VmGB7YA

[Ruby MacDougall @ruby_macdougall]

@__sidelong @__sidelong I ordered three copies of kernel #4 to give to friends who will find personal comfort and intellectual inspiration in your essay. Cannot thank you enough for writing it!

[Ruby MacDougall @ruby_macdougall]

This is a truly stunning essay

[Irena Wang @__sidelong]

HA forgot the link to the essay. Thanks for reading this far

https://t.co/XW0WItk8m1

[David Attewell @DavidAttewell6]

7/ A quote of his that encapsulated Steve: "The purpose of policy history is not merely to trace where we have come from and why, but to show us the paths not traveled, the tools discarded and forgotten but still useful, so that we can make use of them in the here and now."

[China Digital @China_Digital]

Some really interesting papers on China's digital impact on North Africa, Latin America and the Belt-Road countries here: https://t.co/jV9G0sdFOn

[Andrea Ruggeri @aruggeri_eu]

"As I finished my PhD thesis, I realized that the thesis had actually narrowed my intellectual lens to the point where I had become, if anything, a little stupider than when I began."
James C. Scott, 2024
Intellectual Diary of an Iconoclast

[Matt Sheehan @mattsheehan88]

This week a group of influential Chinese AI policy scholars released their recommended draft version of 🇨🇳's proposed AI Law.

The text is a window into key policy debates, and a potential preview of where Chinese AI governance is heading. Quick 🧵
https://t.co/l8YKMX0ZGr

[Kendra Schaefer 凯娜 @kendraschaefer]

Finally, finally, finally - China's cyberspace regulator finalizes rules relaxing requirements on exporting data from China. https://t.co/5rsdJABqbN

[Rui Ma @ruima]

Just talked to someone from a listed Chinese software co (not on any list, not in a sensitive industry) who attended Nvidia GTC. 10 out of 14 of their Chinese colleagues were denied visas to the U.S. They applied under business visit and showed their invitation letters from Nvidia. Denied. Another colleague flying in from Singapore but is a Canadian citizen was detained for questioning at customs (this person didn’t need a visa). I didn’t know Nvidia GTC is such a sensitive event lol. But hey at least our borders are secure!

[MMitchell @mmitchell_ai]

If the vast majority of women in tech feel alienated, demeaned, gaslit, disempowered, etc., can we begin to agree that the norms of how to treat people in tech are discriminatory to women?
https://t.co/n8RS8T3tit

[Damien Ma @damienics]

When I posted the 1st set of Apple supplier charts last wk, many quickly said "see, decoupling." But organizing the same dataset by "firm identity" shows just the opposite (2nd set).

This is what I mean when I asked what we care about "made In China" or "made BY Chinese firms"

[Ithaka S+R @IthakaSR]

As part of our collaboration with 29 research universities to coordinate research data services across campus, we’re excited to share a new inventory of research data services at 120 #highered institutions in the US and Canada. https://t.co/IFjwT7g3gN